The sit down advantage of pleated skirts

[Chris Webb]

I will admit to truly loving the look of a short straight skirt, I've got the legs for them AND it is SO easy to find straight skirts that easily look masculine when worn on a man ... I love them right up until I have to sit down.

The reality of 'being a man' is that we simply have pieces parts that get pushed right out from under a short straight skirt, or even a mid thigh straight skirt, when we sit down. First off the hem in the front rides up several inches when you sit down, crossing your legs just pushes stuff further out. You can take off your hat and cover yourself up, maybe spread your legs (most men start off that way anyway) and dangle your hands between them, or use something else to do what your straight skirt has stopped doing, covering you up.

After mugging/skirting/kilting for many years I've come to accept that there is a reason why kilts are made the way they are, they truly are the only skirt MADE for a man, though there certainly are many other skirts for men. A kilt's flat panel falls between your legs when you sit down, it covers you while standing and then, without a hitch, covers you when you sit down, even a short kilt. But a kilt, well, if you are like me and enjoy being a bit of rebel, is just no longer rebellious ... they're common now, or at least relatively so.

Enter the pleated skirt. THIS is the skirt for a man that still has the power to overtly defy the trousered masses and the traditional kilted fanatics. It acts just like a kilt but looks just like a skirt, it covers you every bit as well as a straight skirt while standing and every bit as well as a kilt while sitting. So, am I wrong or am I right?

Kilt ON!

[Kilted_John]

I've discovered that full skirts (either pleated, full-circle, or other skirts with wide hems) actually work better than kilts while sitting. There's usually enough material to actually have the front of the skirt touching the chair, stool, ottoman, sofa, etc, even if you're not with legs crossed, spread eagle, or whatever... Doesn't really matter the length of said skirt, either.

-J